English - Leader | October 14, 1644 - July 30, 1718
If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it.
William Penn
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Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.
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Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
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Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
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The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.
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It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.
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Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
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In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
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Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts.
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Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.
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To be like Christ is to be a Christian.
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He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.
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